... . He came from a middle class family, which was supported by his very successful father, who was a favorite in the community. As it was common in those days, Shakespeare never had a formal education, but attended school up until grammar school. He married a woman in her thirties at the age of eighteen, and had three children with her. Then, only eight years later, he ran ... Theater. It was here that he got his fame and fortune when he became a playwright. After all of his fame and success, he died at the age of fifty-two in 1616. Over time, Shakespeare's work began to gain much acclaim ...

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Two of Shakespeare's greatest and well known works are A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo and Juliet. In the two stories, there are many paralleled similarities that are very noticeable, and some that aren't as noticeable. First and ... until the love spell with put upon him. In Romeo and Juliet, their two families are long time rivals, so naturally they have a problem with them falling in love, and they are forbidden to be with one another. In Midsummer Night's Dream, Lysander and Hermia are in love, but Hermia's father forbids their matrimony ... and gives only Demetrius his daughter's ha...

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... , twins, are separated during a shipwreck. Viola, thinking her brother dead, finds her stranded in Ilyria. She disguises herself as a man, Cesario, and goes to work for Duke Orsino. The Major conflict in the play is when Viola falls in love with Duke Orsino, who is in love with Lady Olivia, who is in love with Viola's male disguise, Cesario. This love triangle is complicated by the ... fact that neither Orsino nor Olivia knows that Viola is really a woman. Then Viola's twin, Sebastian, appears, causing more confusion and several marriages. This scene is when Sebastian and Viola are reuni...

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... ever. He is quite possibly the most famous writers ever. It is not known exactly when he was born. People speculate his birthday to be in 1564 because he was baptized Wednesday, April 26th, 1564. William was one of seven childeren. His sister, Judith and four of his brothers were ... miles from London. He went to King's New Grammer School tought by boys. It is not known, for sure if he went to college, but most say he did not. William was married in 1958, to Anne Hathaway.William was eighteen, and Anne was twenty-three. They gave birth to their first ... what they named her. They had ...

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